Two locals arrested on drug charges

11:17 PM,
Mar. 27, 2014

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Bulletin Staff

Two Mountain Home residents were arrested on charges related to drug sales, according to a press release issued by the Baxter County Sheriff's Office on Thursday.

According to the release, authorities with the 14th Judicial Drug Task Force and the sheriff's office used an informant on Jan. 23 to make a controlled buy of 10 morphine pills for $200 from 37-year-old Richard Charles Burger Jr. and 33-year-old Danyelle Nicole Astry.

The transaction was monitored by law enforcement officers. The deal was reportedly made using a cellphone and took place ...